August 16, 2007

Pill can delay a baby far longer than you want

Every day millions of women pop a tiny pill giving it as much thought as they would swallowing an aspirin. After all, the benefits of oral contraception - easy-to-use, reliable and protective against ovarian and endometrial cancer - are well documented. But for an increasing number of women there is a lesser known and distressing side-effect - amenorrhea, or lack of ovulation - that materialises only when they stop taking it.

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